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December 2017 - App Center Blog

Distribute Apps Faster with Visual Studio App Center and Azure Functions, Part I

December 28, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 12/28/17
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As members of the Visual Studio App Center team, we’re driven to create an easy-to-use, web-based user experience, and our API-first mentality steers our product decisions. We’ve designed App Center to give you and your team ultimate flexibility and freedom: you pick and choose the components that best fit your needs, so you have more time...
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Sweeten Your Apps with Android Oreo & Visual Studio App Center

December 20, 2017 Dec 20, 2017 12/20/17
Visual Studio App Center
While the recent release of Android Oreo, the eighth major operating system version since Android launched in 2008, focuses on fundamentals like performance and reliability, it still packs several highlights for both end users and developers. With all of the updates, we’re breaking down a few of our favorite user-facing features and backend ...
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Deliver Better iPhone X UX with Visual Studio App Center

December 19, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 12/19/17
Visual Studio App Center
The iPhone X is unlike its predecessors in size, design, and operating system. With this new form factor and the recent iOS 11 release, it’s an exciting time to be an iOS developer, but from the introduction of a taller screen, the “notch controversy,” and the removal of the home button, there are big implications for iPhone users and ...
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Win an Xbox One S from Visual Studio App Center

December 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 12/14/17
Visual Studio App Center
Sign up and tweet for a chance to win one of 10 Xbox One S consoles! As a thank you to all the users who contributed to a fantastic launch, we're celebrating the holidays early by giving away ten Xbox One S bundles to lucky users. Anyone can enter! How to Enter STEP 1: Sign Up If you don't already have an App Center account, create ...

Guest Blog | Zero to App in 20 Minutes: Build Your First Chat App with Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio App Center, and Rapid

December 7, 2017 Dec 7, 2017 12/7/17
Visual Studio App Center
This is a special guest post from David Drobik, co-founder at Rapid. Until recently, we had only one option for communicating with friends, family, and colleagues from our mobile phones: Short Messaging System (SMS). Now, though, we don’t have to limit our communication to 160 characters (the SMS max per message, in case you don’t ...

Behind the Scenes @ our Hackathon: Join the Hunt and Ship Intelligent Apps

December 2, 2017 Dec 2, 2017 12/2/17
Visual Studio App Center
Hello and G’day, Mike and Rob here*. We’re long-time developers and, in our current roles as Microsoft Global Black Belts, we help our customers set up CI/CD processes and create apps that use the latest technology and services, from Fortune 500 companies building dozens of apps to mobile-first organizations where apps are their business...